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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-30

helllon. A collection Of humorous, athletic 90
thrilling narratives Of tho war, .embrscinE r0ra;
iniscenees Ct biyousc ana battlefield.
Poems. 81 join a..WSiftier. t oniy che.,
sdttion-shoald 30 "a every household. Iles.
collection Of poems BY this master. iEus.
Poems. by Aired Tennysea. Cont1,as The
apest compositions OF Poet Laureate.
Acting Charades, Parlor Dramas. Shadow Panto.
mines, Gamer, ete, for Social gatherings. NIus.
Manual Of Eloriculture. Teaches how to
pro9Pogate al different plants to cure disease.
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on the sudden and complete Withdraw
al of it. We are not as yet in posi-
ton clearly to explain this phenomenon,
but it is completely analogous to the
action of other poisons on persons hab-
ituated to them. If an opium eater is
deprived of his opium he can neither
work. sleep. nor eat; he is, so tospeak,
strengthened by the opium, but the
man who is not accustomed to any mar
cote is not rendered more capable OF
exertion by any.
'FThat the most moderate doses are
not only completely useless, but posi-
lively injurious, is proved DIETER than
BY any scientific deductionl by the
numerous experiments on large scale
which have been tried in the treatment
of troops; and which have already es-
tabIished the fact that In all climates,
whether in war or peace, in heat, in
raa, in cold, soldiers can best bear all
the hardships of the severest marches
when they are completely deprived of
all alcoholic drinks" The author
sums up this part OF his argument in
the following emp hattie statement:
"Alcohol, therefore, strengthens no
one; it does but benuml' the feeling of
| fatipue.n
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BALANCED THINK ING.


The American system of saloon Sys~
tenn of Popular Education-MutL al Re-
sRonsibiIity of Society and of PsreL U.s.
1t is an i'll habit of mind when one
can not affirm one truth without in the
same breath denying some other truth
set over against it. A truth is often
like a sphere, of which one hemisphere
is just as real as the other hemisphere.
To assert and to emphasize the one i'm,
plies no denial of the other. A one
sided turn of mind may lead one to hit.
upon some views of matter that are, So
far as they go, quite true. but such a.
mental habit must unfit one for judicial
thinking.
The American system of saloons is
as really system of popular education,
as is the American system of common
schools. The saloon-school is, every
where, school of unthrift, self-in-
diligence, vice and crime. 1t is an in
stitution, the very business Of which is
not only to make it convenient and
easy for people to do what they ought
1lOU " wv OuO W use GfGl DlOtinS ~
tempt men to do wrong In view of
the unutterable ruin and sorrows and
shames and woes with which American.
society both in city and country is, to
horrible extent, weighed down, and
on which the saloon system thrives,
can an intelligent citizen be blameless,
if he does nothing toward the abolish
ment of such system?
Parents are the ones who are prima-
| rily responsible for the influences
which condition the life of their chill
dren; but, it must be remembered,
they are not the only ones who share
in this responsibility. Society has
its part. Every member OF the COM
munity has some share in the common
responsibility.
1t is very certain that society has
done nothing adequately to the point
for the due protection of homes, and
the protection of inexperienced youth
against the characteristic influence of
the saloon, by merely imposing ''tax'
on the saloon. The saloon is an insti.
tuition which ought not TO exist. 1t is
something that ought not 10 be allowed
to exist. 1t is something which every
citizen ought to do his utmost to put
an end to at the earliest possible.
moment 1t is something on which,
until this can be done, the utmost
burden of taxation may rightfully be.
imposed, and should be. But to say
all that, is not to deny 10 parents the
duty to fortify their boy against
temptations, however strong, by the
utmost faithfulness in the inculcatiom
of his own immediate and supreme
duty and accountability to God in the
keeping of his own heart and his OWN
body stainless. To affirm the one Isl
not to deny the other. In matter of
this moment we can not afford to be
lopsided. Let us have clear and bal
anced thinking on this and all other
great problems and emergencies of the
time; and then go ahead, as those who
have been imhued with somewhat OF
the courage of God himself. - Chicago
AdUGnce
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A SCIENTIFIC OPINION.
Alcohol Not a Stfmulaat That Strength
ems. But a Narcotic Which Benumbs.

Alcohol Not Stimulaat That Strength
, ems. But a Narcotic Which Benumbs.
Prof. Bunge, Professor of Physiolo-
gical Chemistry at the University of
Basic, Switzerland, has lately published
in pamphlet form lecture concerning
alcohol, from which we extract these
passages:
Among the indications of paralysis
which are usually interpreted as slim
ulation must be included the benumb-
ing of the sense of fatigue. 1t is a
firmly-rooted belief that alcohol
strengthens the tired man for new
work and exertion. The sense of fa-
tigue is the safety-valve of our engine.
He who benumbs the sense of fatigue
in order to work on is like the man who
fastens down the safety-valve in order
to be able to overhead the engine.
1.-THE mistake of supposing that
alcohol strengthens the tired man is
especially mischievous for the large
working class. Poor people whose in
come, independently of this, is barely
sufficient for an honorable livelihood,
are induced by this prejudice to spend
very considerable part of their earn
ings on alcoholic drinks, instead of on
abundant and appetizing nourishment,
which alone can streng then them for
their laborious work.
"That the prejudice about the
Strengthening action of alcohol is so
ineradicable may be explained by the
experience Of habitual drinkers. If a
man is once accustomed to the regular
consumption of alcohol, he is actually
rendered capable of more exertion by
means Of the alcohol than he would be
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the burly villain whose fight he had
tried to intercept-to catch him and
break the deadly force with which he
was hurled head first against the wall.
That set-to had the effect of sending
Steve back to his bed again. His head
troubled him and he raved about
roses and sand clubs and Dolly, until
one day he found himself looking into
Dolly's own blue, fearful eyes.
ooh, you poor fellow!'' she cried.
oh, to think you cared so much for
mel But how brave of you to save him
when you were sick and Jealous and
all. You needn't say word, for John
Harmon has told me every thing; but
the idea Of you believing that THAT
could-like him the best
dolly" muttered poor Steve, hardly
knowing if he were really awake, do
you mean-you choose-me?''
You, and you only" murmured
Dolly; who would have been vastly in
dignant had any one limited that
honest John Harmon was more worthy
to be gloriied by that same heroic
light with which she had invested
Steve.
It made no difference when Steve
confessed his temptation to her after
ward. What woman will not forgive
man who errs through loving her?
Those roses were never intended for
Dolly. after all. They were meant for
a little lame orange girl who was fast
dying of consumption. They We're the
one bright spot in her joyless life, and
that was the only pay night as long as
she lived on which John Harmon failed
to take them to her.
He is Steve's best friend, but he has
never found another Dolly.-Jennie
DdUjs Burton in WQshin0to7s Critic.
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TEMPERANCE READING.
A DHUNkARD's wiFE.s SECRET.

"1'n tell you my secret" said heart-brOken
wife;
"Its the Shame Of my children, the load of my
life:
Ny husband, so kind, so gentle and good,
Takes more of strong drink than prudent
man should.
SHe's hard working man as any you find,
And when he desen't drink he's patient and
kind;
He gives me his wages and stays home to rest,
And makes US al happy, eontented and best
But husband will drink, Tn sorry to say,
And then from his home he wanders away,
Comes in late at night when the family's abed,
And fills the whois house with terror and dread.
'Inever before of my sorrows have spoken
And would not speak now, but my heart is nigh
broken;
I've come to my pastor, but not to complain,
But only some counsel and comfort to gain
Poor womani ner secret is sadly well known;
Alasi on the street it is publicly shown;
AS plainly it's seen in the wife's pallid face
AS in the debauch and drunkard's disgrace.
IT'S the old story told for ever retoId,
AS vividly new as terribly old,
How the Devil of Drink, when he enters the
home,
Puts out its candle and shrouds all In gloom
o mothers and sisters and sweethearts, arise
Take in the drinR-curse with your pitying eyes
BY the might of your love, your tears, and your
faith
Oh! save our dear homes from the blight of this
DEATH
joel lSacartz, D. D., IL National Temperance
Allocate
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
A refrigerator should be serubbe


"A refrigerator should be scrubbed
at least once n week.
"A good glrden may NOT appear to
bring in much money on the farm, but
1t saves great deal.
"A school for wives is about to be
established in England, the pupils Of
which will be Instructed to practical
housewifery.
After your fruit shall be off manure
the currant bushes, trim off the SUPER
fiuous branches, and give the ground
around them q thorough cleaning.
1T is good plan to keep your DIFF
ferent kinds of pieces, tape, thread.
etc, IN separate bags; then there is no
time lost in looking for them. =
Mothers Magazine.
-Grits Bread. Beat two eggs With
one pint of sweet milk and 8 teaspoon
of butter. Add one teacup of grits,
and corn meal to make batter. Bake
quickly:-E1chaage.
1t is to every farmers interest to
improve his horses if he wishes to
make farming successful, for poor
crops and hard times do not have much
effect on the price of a good horse-he
Is salable at any time.
The various fruits and vegetables
that grow in the different soils and eli
mates of the earth are adapted to the
condition of the soils and climates of
their particular localities and will not
flourish in widely different country.
Treat your wife always with re-
spect; it will procure respect for you,
not only from her, but from all that
observe it. Never use a sighting ex-
preston to her, not even in jest; it
may end in angry earnest Be
studious in your profession, and you
will be rich. Be industrious and frugal
and you will be healthy.
-''Home Sweet Home. -
"Scarcely in our English language
Can be found word more sweet,
Than the one our childrens lispings
From the humble toiling peasant,
To the Queen upon her throne;
Not heart but beats responsive
To the magic spell of home"
Wheat fed whole to laying fowls,
and wheat screenings of cracked wheat
fed to young chicks, have always pro-
duced the most desirable results,
though it must be remembered that
they must not be fed in the same guam
titles as corn, or preparations OF corn.
The tendency of wheat is to produce a
healthy growth, feed the muscular. It's
sues and aid materially in causing the
hens to lay often and rich eggs. In
dia'aapolts Journal.
In a lecture before the sanitary in
stitute of Great Britain, DR.. G. ".
Poore insisted that it was serious
mistake, especially in country towns,
to turn SO much refuse matter into the
the rivers and other water courses.
The proper destiny of organic refuse, The
said, was immediate burial just below
the surface of the soil. There it can
do no harm, but does good by adding
to the fertility. Water carried sew
age, he declared, had become a great
agency in spreading disease. M Z.
Ledger.
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TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

IT is estimated that if the money
spent annually in Great Britain for in
toxicating drinks were put in sover-
eigns and placed in line it would
reach 1000 miles.
A PECULIAR liquor law is in force in
Rockdale County, Ga. Only one per-
son in the county is allowed to sell
liquor. He is appointed by the grand
jury to sell for medicinal purposes, and
can not keep more than ten gallons of
spirits at one time.
IT is safe to estimate the receipts Of
the New York saloons at $50, 600, 900 a
year, one-half of which, at least, comes
from the 100000 men who are known
as "laboring men," The destruction
of the liquor-saloons alone would cure
four-ffths of the poverty in the com
munity. Crosby.
The claim that the use of beer will
diminish drunkenness and largely take
the place of spirits is not borne out by
Parliamentary report in Belgium. This
report says intemperance is spreading
fearfully in the kingdom. Next to Ba-
varia, Belgium has the reputation of
being the country where most beer is
consumed, the amount per year being
240 liters, or fifty-two gallons per head.
1t also comes next to Russia and Dem
mark in the consumption of spirits; the
amount consumed of the latter being
thirteen liters per head year.
In Sweden and Norway no intoxi-
cant can be sold except at a place
where good food, coffee and other nom
alcoholic drinks are also kept con-
stantly on hand. The dealer is allowed
to make a profit on these, but he
is stringently prohibited from SELL
ing any liquor except at cost. The
idea is that dealers will thus endeavor
to promote the sale of edibles and nom
intoxicating drinks, upon which he
does make a profit, and discourage
buyers from drinking liquors upon
which he makes none. 1t is called the
"Gothenburg System, from the town
in which it was first put in operation.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says: "a brewery team, with its load
of beer, drove up to a residence
on one of the pleasant streets OF
Springfield; the owner of the premises,
an elderly gentleman stood at the
gate ready to direct the driver where
to deposit the kegs; but before he
could unload, young lady came to
the door and said to the teamster; I
forbid your leaving that liquor here
The man replied: IF you forbid it, I
must go on Then pater familias
spoke up: L tell you to unload the
beer And l forbid it. responded
his daughter. The teamster scratched
his head in evident peplexity for a
moment, looked from one to another,
then started up his horses and drove
on, leaving the pair to settle the matter
as best they could.
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A COMMONPLACE HERO
Rescued by a Rival from Peril
Gus Situation.

Winter was dying hard, and with its
latest throe sheeted every thing by a
fall of sleet; the north wind held it's
sway, and tore with bitter gusts
through the storm-drivcn streets.
Steps and pavements were traps for
the unwary; telegraph and telephone
wires were down; even staunch poles
had been snapped sheer off between
the weight of the ice and the force of
tbs wind. But the sun came out the
next morning clear and bright, flash
ing in rainbow tints on crystal
world; and lineman who was out on
the roof a q seven-story building,
creeping down toward the caves after
a refractory wire, caught the dazzle in
his eyes, slipped and fell, but made a
desperate clutch with his numbed
hands at the eavestrough, and hung
suspended by that frail support which
might give way any instant beneath
mis- weight.
Heople in the street below cried out
as they caught sight of mis- perilous
position.
"Oh, he'll be down in minute"
"He can't draw himself up, for see,
it's breaking away now"
mo, it holds yet. Can't something
be done for himP"
While they gazed upward, dazed
with horror and feeling the utter help
lessness of any effort to reach him in
time, second lineman appeared on
the roof, sent there, it would seem, to
assist the other. 1t only required an
instant to take in the situation-the
cracking, swaying eaves-trough, the
desperately gripping hands, the
CHASTITY, set face of the doomed man,
who swung over that deadly abyss.
Save him! Save him! came up from
the street below.
Only the meaning of the cry reached
the man on the roof, so loud and
strong was the wind which blew there,
but he answered as if he had heard it:
"Fll try. 'Tain't no difference 10 me
if It's Steve Brady. Maybe as wei
both go down; but Ireckon we've about
ekil chances"
He was busy fastening rope to the
nearest chimney as he spoke. 1t was
not long rope. but it would reach be-
yond the edge of the roof. and he
made moose in the end of it, which
he placed around his body beneath the
arms; then taking coil of wire which
he carried for repairing purposes from
his pouch, he piled it to the rope i
few feat fartherpp, and dropping upor
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AUSTRALIAN SLANG.
Peculiar Expressions in Use Among tn
DweIlers in the Antipodes.

Peculiar Expressions in Use Among the
Dwellers in the Antipodes.
Log huts are commonly called
'Shanties, and curse of the bush dis
tricts of Australia is the ''grog shanty,"
an institution Only too common. A
hand employed ON sheep or cattle
station, when he receives his periodical
check from his employer, will often
forthwith make tracks, for the nearest
"grog shanty," and remain there until
the whole of his hardly-earned pay is
consumed in drink. Should he meet
kindred spirits there the money viii,
probably, be soon dissipated by the
process of shouting" Each man in
turn ''shouts '-that is to say, stands
treat to the rest of the gathering.
When the money is gone the bushman,
sadder, if not wiser man, will re-
turn to his work on the station and be-
gin to earn the wherewithal for another
such debauch. shouting" is very
common colonial expression for stand
ing treat to strangers. A frequent in
vitation is to take ''long-sleeved 'un,'
that is drink from long pint glass.
In the early days of the gold fever
such hospitality was often practiced
on very extravagant scale. Many
stories, some of which are probably
apocryphal, are told of the various
means by which lucky diggers would
hasten to squander their gold. One
man is said to have ordered the whole
stock of champagne in hotel cellar,
numbering many score bottles, for
which he paid some hundreds of
pounds, to be placed in a skittle alley,
and at these costly skittles he bowled
away until there was not one left I'M
smashed. 1t may be noted, by the
way, that ''inns'' do not exist in Aus
tralia; every house of refreshment is a
'.hotel." 1t may be only wooden
shanty up country, or it may rise to the
dignitSof galvanized iron erection
in small township, or, finally, it may
be palatial building in capital city;
but the name remains the same. A ma
tive of New South Wales is known as a
cornstalk," because the men gener-
ally grow tall and thin. The opposite
kind of build, short and thick-set, is
called nuggetty." A 'tgum-sucker"
is native of Tasmania, and owes his
elegant nickname to the abundance of
gum trees in the Tasm2nian forests. A
native of Queensland is banana
lander. /" joey is familiar name
for any thing young or small, and is
applied indifferently to puppy, or
kitten, or child, while a Woodland
water joey is a hanger about hotels
and doer of odd jobs.-AH the Year
Round.
-ts
The president of fat man club
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HUMOROUS.

AT concert vocalist began to
sing, "Should auld acquaintance be
forgot?'' when the house was set in a
roar by somebody who squeaked out,
in piping voice: mot if they've got
moneyr'-M Y Ledger.
A Queer Combination.
OF all color combinations ever planned or ever
~ seen
The most absurd's mingling of the blues with
paris green.
Chicago Tribune.
Two Thompson street ladies be-
came involved in wordy difficulty.
"Yo' lazy an shift lis, yo' black trash,
yo'," said one. "Mebby I is lazy an
shif'lis mebby is, but amt lazy an
shif'lis 'nough to patch de ole mans
trousers wifi fly paper as yo' does,'' said
the other.-M Y. San.
Guest Ito summer-resort landlord)
what is the capacity of your
hotel?n Landlord THAT depends.
If the guests are New Workers, we can
take care of thousand comfortably;
but if they are from Boston, Iwouldn' t
dare strain the building with more
than five hundred. "-H0rper's Bazaar.
mo, Maria,'' said a Jersey
Granger to his wife as they were about
retiring at a summer resort hotel, 81
think know too much to blow out the
gas I brought something along that
will fix it. So he drew out a monkey
wrench from his gripsack and twisted
off the burner. But the next morning
the coroner's jury rendered the usual
verdict. Hotel Mail.
WAS your husband on the stand
yesterday" asked the lawyer of a
woman in case in which both hus-
band and wife were witnesses. No."
she answered, with a snap, she wasn't
on the stand. He was on the set.
That's the kind of man he is, when
ever there's anything to set on, from q
satin sofa to the top rail of a worm
fence. - Washington Critic.
A Lucky Woman. Colonel Yerger
had the bad luck to drop a valuable
lamp, SCATTERING it inso thousand
pieces. Dear me, how unfortunate!"
exclaimed Mrs. Yerger. "How I'M
fortunate! How lucky let it drop,
for if you had done it I'd have raised
the mischief of row. You are in big
luck that it was l who dropped that
lamp, Maria. p Texas iSitti'sgs.
English lawyers, when dining to-
gether, one hundred years ago, used to
toast 1.-THE school-masters,n who then
wrote wills, and, by their ignorance.
gave the profession much remunera-
tive business. In this country the fol-
| lowing toast used to be a favorite at
| dinners of the bar: ''To the lawyer s
best friend-the man who makes his
own will.
- Hello, Billy! Watchu git on yer
birthday?o whole lot o. things. Got
up late for breakfas' an ma gimme a
scoldin'; got my finger caught in the
door crack, an pa gimme lickin' fol
breakin' a window; grandpa gimme a
letter to put in the post-ofice and
grandma gimme whippin' for forget
tin it; sister gimme shoe to take to
the shoemaker's, Jim Black gimme a
prod with a pin an got KEEP in after
school for hollerin' an the teacher
gimme two pages of ispellin' to learn
before went home. Say, it's good
thing Teller doesn't git born every
week, amt itp"-B uytgette,
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Gentleman ION rear platform OF
horse car-'.It's too bad for that lady
to stand. She looks as though she
would drop. Why doesn't one of those
fellows give her seat?' Man in cor
ner seat gets out. Gentleman on the
platform slips into it with alacrity.
Conductor (solus) How quickly 8
man will change his mind sometimesr
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The president of fat mans club
in Hudson County, n. j., weighs 421
pounds, and the committee of reception
14016 pounds.
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which looked like short club. He
knew instantly what it was. He re-
membered an item which he had read
the week before of an unknown man
who had been sandbagged on the street
and killed outright by single blow.
He had not set this outlaw upon the
track of John Harmon; he had nothing
to do but to hold his peace and it might
be his rival would be removed from his
path forever.
1t was wicked thought, horrible
thought.
you hain't got to do nothing, Steve
Brady; only just keep quiet, whis-
pered the tempter.
But another inward voice. finer, still
er, made itself heard.
"Wher'd you be now if he'd done
nothing when you hung down from
that rotten eaves-troughP Did he KEEP
quiet an let you drop out of his way,
or did he venture his life to save your'n n!
This here's murder you're nursin' il
your heart. Steve Brady. Are yor
ready to do murder for any girl-least-
wise for a gin that don't know her owr
mind we'll enough to choose between
the two of your"
All this before the murderous blow
fell, 1t takes time to tell these
thoughts of his. but they all flashed
through his mind in the space of 3
breath. AS it fell wild, splitting
yell startled the assailant and assaile6
alike. John Harmon wheeled in hi:
tracks, and the blow, grazing his cheek,
had force to knock him down. He wa:
up again the instant; up in time tt
catch Steve Brady as the ruffian flung
! him off after the briefest struggle-fol
Steve was weak yet and no match fol